Henry muselmann



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY MUSELMANN, OF SHEBOYGAN, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TOYTHE DILLINGHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHEESE-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent IVO. 565,557, dated August 11, 1896.`

Application iilecl April 24, 1895. l Serial No. 547,028. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MUSELMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at She-y boygan in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful CheeseSafe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cheese-safes` and aims to provide a structure which can be shipped in a knockdown condition, stored in a comparatively small space, and which can be set up by the purchaser with the utmost ease and facility; and the primary object is to reduce and lessen the expense incident to the transportation of this class of devices, and to provide a safe which can be stored by the jobber and wholesale merchant in a small compass, thereby occupying a minimum amount of room.

The improvement consists, essentially, of the novel features and the peculiar construction and disposition of the parts which hereinafter will be more fully set forth and claimed, and which are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a cheesesafe constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the lower portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan section looking' upward. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the upper portion of the safe on the line 4 4 of Fig. c

The cheese-safe comprises a bottom l, top 2, similar sides and back 3 and 4, and a sliding door 5, which are assembled substantially as shown in Fig. l, and which are capable of being dismembered and packed into a compact form for purposes of transportation and storing.

The bottom .l has a groove 6 extending in proximate relation to three of its edges, and which is adapted to receive the lower edge portion of the back 4 and sides 3, and this groove is of suiicient depth and of such relative width so as to form a firm seat for the parts fitted therein. The sides 3 have inner cleats near their lower ends to extend over and rest upon the bottom, and are adapted to receive the screws or other removable fastenings by means of which the said sides are secured to the bottom, and these cleats 7 are beveled on their upper sides to provide a neat and iinished appearance to the safe. A rabbet 8 is formed in the rear bar of each side piece 3 to receive the upright bar of the back 4, thereby providing a finished and close joint between the side pieces and the back at the meeting corners. The door 5 is iiexible, and is adapted to slide in grooves provided in the front and top bars of the side pieces 3 in any approved manner.

The top 2 is of substantially the same proportions as the bottom, and has a depending rim 9 toencircle and embrace the upper po`rtions of the back and sides, and a cleat 10 is secured to the front portion of the depending rim 9, and is adapted to extend between the inner sides of the parts 3 at their upper front corners so as to brace the said sides 3 against inward movement. Thus it will be seen that the sides are held from outward movement at their upper ends by the side portions of the rim 9, and from inner movement by the back 4 and the cleat l0, thereby providing a structure of simple construction and in which the parts mutually strengthen and brace one another. The top will be secured to the side pieces by screws or similar removable fastenings which will readily admit of the parts being taken apart and assembled when required. v

The cheese-board or turn-table 11 is mounted upon the bottom l in any desired manner so as to be turned when required to bring fresh portions of the cheese opposite the door of Vthe safe. The back and sides are of similar construction, and comprise a frame of rectangular shape, which is paneled in any desired manner, either by glass or wire netting, as preferred.

The structure herein shown comprises a minimum number of parts, simple in organization, capable of being readily taken apart, reduced to a compact form, and again set up for use, and which can be transported at comparatively low rates, and which at the same time is light and eiiicient for the purposes designed. Other objects and advantages are apparent, and it will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction maybe resorted of the back, beveled cleats attached to the inner faces of the said sides a short distance from their lower ends and overlapping and resting upon the bottom, and receiving screws or similarfastenings by means of which thev said sides have detachable connection with the bottom, a sliding door for closing the i front of the safe and operating in grooves formed inthe inner'faces of the sides, a top having a depending rim to encircle and embrace the upper ends of the back and sides, and a cleat secured to the front portion of the depending rim opposite to the ungrooved or fourth side of the bottom and extending between the upper front corners of the side pieces to brace the latter against inward movement, said top being secured to the side pieces by removable fastenings, substantially as set forth for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MUSELMANN.

Witnesses:

FULTON RAAB, O. H. CLARK. 

